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#50203 12/17/01 11:49 PM
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Oh, Anna! You were so slick with that 'engage', I almost missed your first one: Martha Stewart, the Empress of chintz. I love it! Kudos, kiddo!


#50204 12/18/01 04:32 AM
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y'all, and ya'll

and got


#50205 12/18/01 05:39 AM
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The tautological repetition of unnecessary words.

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#50206 12/18/01 05:40 AM
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The frivolou's use of apostrophe's.

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#50207 12/18/01 05:45 AM
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Using quotes rather than an exclamation mark to place emphasis on a written word really makes me "mad".

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#50208 12/18/01 05:47 AM
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"Pour speeling in public doccuments or on SIGN'S"

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#50209 12/18/01 05:51 AM
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AWADer's that take 5 post's to boost there post count when "one would have doen".

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#50210 12/18/01 06:12 AM
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regarding stales' last:

I have just now earned my MD degree: Master of Dittography. Trust me, Stales, if the intent was to pad, I could be a great deal more thorough by other means!


#50211 12/18/01 06:57 AM
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Keiva - I was only being self critical

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#50212 12/18/01 11:26 AM
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the misuse of "both", where the proper word is "each".

A) I gotta go along with the ASp on either rather than each

and

2) Both would not be incorrect if you meant ...than both of us put together.


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